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18 February 2018

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

9.5 |
Paste Magazine

An absolutely evil stunner from front to back, top to bottom, head to toes and everywhere in between
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9.098613

9.0 |
The Quietus

Oh Sees break through to psychedelic superstardom with new album Orc
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8.398739

8.3 |
A.V. Club

Oh Sees punctuate their peregrinations with expertly placed guitar riffs and shrieks, which keep the talk of castles and beasts and coffins from getting out of hand, and the instrumentals from feeling too digressive
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8.098715

8.0 |
DIY

Even as they celebrate two decades as the kings of America’s psych scene, they show no signs of becoming stale
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8.098696

8.0 |
All Music

He's truly an indie rock treasure and if he and the Oh Sees made a hundred albums a year, they'd all be worth listening to. Especially if they had the raging fire, killer songs, and unpredictable genius that Orc has
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8.098614

8.0 |
Uncut

For shredheads, there's urgent opener "The Static God," while the superb "Animated Violence" alternates between the album's twin moods of sustained guitar menace and reflective percussive ambience. Print edition only

8.098615

8.0 |
Mojo

Dwyer's crew are oft-cited as the world's most exciting live rock band; they're also making some of its most exciting rock records. Print edition only

8.098645

8.0 |
Exclaim

Fans who have joined the ride at some point in the past 20 years will no doubt be delighted with the dense, stomping chapter found in Orc, though newcomers might feel like they've wandered into a story very much in progress
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8.098608

8.0 |
The Skinny

As you might expect from the relentlessly imaginative Oh Sees, each of Orc’s songs are bursting at the seams with ideas
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8.098610

8.0 |
Loud And Quiet

Anyone who worships at the altar of stoner rock will just be happy that the band have provided another chaos-inflected album following last year’s confused ‘An Odd Entrances’
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8.098612

8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit

Fans should be happy. Newcomers should be enthralled. Doubters should be silenced
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